New York had 300 fewer farms in 2011

The number of farms in New York state fell by 300 in 2011 to an estimated 36,000, according to King Whetstone, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office.

Within sales categories, the number of farms with annual sales over $500,000 increased by 50 to 1,800, while those in the next category, $250,000 to $499,999, fell by 150 to 1,300. Farms in the $100,000 to $249,999 category fell by 200 to 3,200, while the number of farms in the $10,000 to $99,999 category increased by 100 to 10,800. In the smallest sales category, $1,000 to $9,999, the number of farms fell by 100 to 18,900.

A USDA spokesman said the number of farms in each category is affected by changes in commodity prices from year to year, and that it’s not unusual for a farm to shift from one bracket to another as prices change. Знакомства

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Sad, isn’t it? Everything is against the smaller farmer – government, taxes, development. And this just to twist that knife a little more: Proposed youth regulations – read more: http://www.nyfb.org/resources/topic_detail.cfm?ID=478
I HAD to become a farm business to get ag district designation (right to farm) even though my farm was ag zoned for over a hundred years. This because if development gets any closer they could complain. Now I have to make a certain amount of income just to keep my farm. Unbelievable.